Signal-chime for automobiles.



C. P. & `l. M. JONES.

SIGNAL 0111MB FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1914.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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SIGNAL CHIME FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I. 1914.

1,205,452. Patented NOV. 21, 1916.

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CHARLES PAUL JONES AND IDA MARIE JONES, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SIGNAL-CHIMIE FOR' AUTODIOBILES. Y

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES PAUL JONES and IDA MARIE JONES, citizens of the United States, and residents of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Signal-Chime for Automobiles, of which.

struction and operation of signal devices of the character referred to so as to be reliable and eiiicient in use, comparatively simple and inexpensivel to manufacture, and so designed as to give a musical tone.

A more specic object of the invention is the provision of a signal chime or whistle of the multi-tubular type wherein each tube produces a dierent tone, whereby a pleasing musical effect is obtained by the use of compressed air, unburnt gases, steam or other elastic fluid under pressure, the device consisting of a plurality of chime tubes novelly arranged and connected with a common distributing chamber for the air or other elastic fluid.

With such objects in view, and others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particw larity in the following description and claims appended hereto'.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate certain embodiments of the invention, and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the chimes; Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views, respectively, on the lines 2 2, 3 3, Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of a modified form of tubes, showing a double whistle arrangement; Fig. 'xvis a perspective view of the plate at one end of the chimes; Fig.6 is a perspective'view of the disk forming one wall of the distributing chamber; Fig.l 7 is a perspective view of one of the whistle tubes; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the body of the distributing chamber; and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the whistle plugs.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a central tube or section of pipe which is pro- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov.- 2'1, 1916.

Application filed June 1, 1914. Serial No. 842,085.

vided at one end with threads 2 for connec- `tion with a pipeleading from a source of air under pressure, or with any other sound producing medium. This pipe is provided with a plurality of openings 3 adjacent its receiving end to communicate with a distributing chamber 4 which is connected with a plurality of whistle tubes 5 assembled around and disposed in parallel relation to the central supporting tube 1. These tubes 5 are mechanically of the same length but are of different lengths musically, that is to say, within each tube is a stop or thimble 6, and these are arranged inwardly in the differenttubes at successively increasing distances so that the sound chambers 7 of the tubes are of different volumes. In the receiving end of each tube 5 is a plug 8 which fits sungly within the tube except at one point where a passage 9 is provided for the air to pass the plug and act on the lips 10 of the openings 11 in the tubes to produce the musical tones. If desired, these plugs 8 there willlbe throats or passages 9 at diametrically opposite points, and these throats are each associated with-an opening 10, whereby the whistling is produced. In the present instance eight whistles or chime tubes 5 are employed, but the number as well as the size may be varied asy desired, the obj ect being that the -chime tubes will operate simultaneously by means of elastic fluid received from the chamber 4 and produce sweet concords of harmonious sounds.

Describing now themechanicaldetails of construction, it will be observed that the distributing chamber 4 is composed of a stamped sheet metal body sectionV 11 and a disk section 12 provided with central openings'13 and 13, respectively, for receiving the pipe 1. The inner disk is also provided with openings 14 larranged in a circle around the opening 13 for the purpose of receiving the whistle tubes 5. Threaded on the inner end of the centralpipe 1 is a nut l 16 which jams down against the body section 11. The opposite end of the device is provided with a pair of disks 11 and 12k which are the same size as the disk 12, sov

ably secured in their respective disks 12 and 12. A washer 17 is placed on the end 18 of the pipe 1 which protrudes through theV fornis no function other than Vforming a support for the whistle tubes, and connecting means between the distributing chamber and the whistle-holding plate formed by the disks 11 and 12. The end of the pipe 1 opposite from the receiving end may be closed by an ornamented plug 21 which may serve as means for engagement with the bracket or other support whereby the chimes are fastened to an automobile, there of course being suitable ineans for supporting the opposite end of the chimes in place.

It is to be noted particularly that the openings 10 and 10 of the whistle tubes are circular and beveled to a thin edge.

' This is of great advantage not only in iniproving the tone expressions, but because it lessens the cost of making, as these holes can be made simply by a drill and in, one

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' tively inexpensive to manufacture, have no parts that can get out of order, the design is the saine for any number of tubes, and no 'bolts or other fastening devices are necessary to hold the paits together.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the yaccompanying, drawings, the advantages of the construction and method of Operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and wh'ile we have described the device which we now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, we desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A chime signal of the class described comprising a central tube, a distributing chamber mounted on the tube and communieating therewith, a plurality of whistle tubes connected with the chamber and grouped around the central tube, and a pair of disks fastened together and secured to the central tube, one disk having a' plurality of openings to receive the whistle tubes, and

the other disk serving to close the said whistle tubes.

- 2. A chime whistle of the class 4described comprising a central tube adapted to havey one end connected with a source of fluid under pressure and provided with apertures ber, a plurality of whistle tubes fastened to the chamber and extending along the central tube, each whistle tube having an opening in the end adjacent the said chamber, a plug inserted in each tube between its opening and the chamber to provide a throat through which fluid passes from the chamber to the whistle tube, and thimbles disposed in the whistle tubes and arranged at diiferent points from the openings therein.

3. A chime whistle comprising a central pipe threaded at its ends and having apertures adjacent its inlet extremity, a chamber surrounding the pipe and communicat;

ing therewith through the apertures, whistle tubes communicating with the said chamber to receive elastic fluid under pressure therefrom, a plurality of disks on the opposite end of the central tube and arranged in contact, one disk having a plurality of openings to receive the whistle tubes and the.V

other disk forming a closure for the saidV tubes, and nuts threaded on the ends of the central tube to fasten thereto the strucV ture formed by the distributing chamber, whistle tubes and disks.

4. A-chime whistle comprising a distributiiig chamber formed of a drum-shaped section and a disk section oined to the open'` side thereof, said sections having alining central openings and the disk section having a plurality of whistle-tube receiving openings arranged around the central opening, a plate spaced from the said chamber and having a central opening and formed'.

of two disks of which one has a plurality'V of whistle-tube receiving openings, whistle tubes having shouldered ends engaged Vin the openings of the said disk section of the distributing chamber and in the openings of the said plate, and a supporting and 'coniiecting element extending longitudinally of the whistle and through the central openings of the said .chamber and plate, and said element having means through which fluidY under pressure enters the distributing cham- Y ber.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES PAUL JONES. IDA MARIE JONES. Vitnesses:

HARRY C. GAHN, B. I. Roer.

Copies of this patent may ne obtained for iive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of '.Lateiits,v

` Washington, D. C. 

